Kelly is the representative for Mississippi’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 9, 2015. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS1]](/static/legislator-photos/412673-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kelly is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 24, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Trent Kelly sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee Ranking Member
Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittees -
House Committee on Agriculture
Conservation and Forestry, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture subcommittees
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Enacted Legislation
Kelly was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 208: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the Colonel Carlyle Smitty Harris Post …
- H.R. 1615 (116th): Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act
- H.R. 5309 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 McElroy Drive in Oxford, Mississippi, as the “Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post …
Does 3 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (33%) Government Operations and Politics (27%) Commerce (18%) Immigration (9%) International Affairs (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kelly recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 415: Reaffirming United States-Uzbekistan relations.
- H.R. 1913: Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act
- H.R. 1695: TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act
- H.R. 1302: Gold Star Altitude Act
- H.R. 307: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans …
- H.R. 208: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 …
- H.R. 209: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2015 to May 2022, Kelly missed 64 of 3,862 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
